ERIC Number: EJ822913
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2004
Pages: 24
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ISSN: ISSN-1354-0602
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Memories of a Fledgling Teacher: A Beginning Teacher's Autobiography
Fottland, Helg
Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, v10 n6 p639-662 2004
By evoking the concept of memory pictures, the author recalls her early years as a teacher. Rather than calling herself a beginning teacher, she characterizes herself as a fledgling teacher to capture the insecurity associated with the first years of teaching. This experience is narrated through five memory pictures: (1) the new school's many rooms; (2) the staff-room as an arena for curriculum interpretation; (3) the reading road; (4) solving mathematical problems in the classroom; and (5) the assembly hall. These five memory pictures are related to theories of learning, teacher education, visions for child-centred education and the author's current practice as a teacher educator. (Contains 1 note.)
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Autobiographies, Beginning Teachers, Teacher Educators, Personal Narratives, Teaching Experience, Faculty Development, Foreign Countries, Elementary School Teachers, Memory, Preservice Teacher Education, Teaching Conditions, Reading Instruction, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Education; Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Norway
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